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Along with the adult playing companies, groups of boys who were members of church choirs were also organized as playing companies. Of these, the most famous was the Boys of St. Paul's (cathedral). At about 1600, these groups became extremely popular, and played a number of the plays of Beaumont and Fletcher. Their scripts were often controversial, biting and satirical and they played to smaller, more exclusive and better paying crowds in theatres like the Blackfriars.
Shakespeare makes note of the fad in Hamlet: "There is, sir, an eyrie of children, little eyasses, that cry out on the top of question and are most tyrannically clapped for it. These are now the fashion, and so berattle the common stages (so they call them) that many wearing rapiers are afraid of goosequills and dare scarce come thither."
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Young boys.
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Males
Who played the role of young girls in shakespeares time?
Young boys.
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In his time, young boys did the role of ladies.
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The theatre would run a flag up the flagpole if there was a play toward.
What did it coast to get into plays in Shakespeares time?
In some places you would pay a penny and stand on the ground watching the play
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none, only men could be in plays during the time that Shakespeare was around.
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What job did a constable do in shakespeares time?
He was a policeman of sorts.
The cultural influences in William Shakespeares time?
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